The 32" Samsung I got about two years ago has no HDMI-CEC support at all (and it was ~300 at the time). You'd think this is something that would be available on all models, but they probably strip it from the cheaper units to push people to upgrade (which I'm about to do soon...).
-there are remote apps for phones and tablets -the TV's remote may work using HDMI-CEC -some have hooked up an IR receiver and remote
I have used the official remote app on an Android tablet, and am pretty happy with it. Overall, I'm happy with using a raspberry pi and OSMC, especially with the latest bump in processing power and built-in wifi.
Agreed. Setting up something like sharepoint is a good exercise, and is something that a lot of places use (and suffer with...).
The express versions are free to download. Also look at dreamspark.com- if you have a.edu email, you can register an account and download full copies of most of the products. You wouldn't be licensed for production use, but the purpose of that program is for people to download and learn for free.
FWIW, I'm running a free-tier-for-now micro instance in us-east (luckily not using RDS, I'll run my own databases thankyouverymuch), and everything has been normal today.
During the episode with the storms over the summer, I saw my steal% in sar spike considerably- I assume some reddit nodes were moved on to our quiet little hypervisor, and the sheer volume of cat pictures was probably affecting everybody.
This is more from an application error log- it has a good bit of javascript on the web front end that make it very hard for humans to generate exceptions, it's usually only when somebody is trying something (e.g. manually changing the querystring passed) or a bot that exceptions are generated.
The case that comes to mind is "cz32ts" (or that's at least how it identified itself in its user-agent header). It sends requests like this, looking for raw exceptions back:
Tom Kyte of Oracle/"Ask Tom" fame blogged about this recently:
[speaking about HBGary] And all because of - SQL Injection... If you don't use bind variables - you are susceptible to it. If you accept input from an end user and concatenate it into your SQL, you are subject to SQL Injection. If you use bind variables - if you do not dynamically construct your SQL at runtime - you are not subject to it. It is that simple.,
He continues, "it is much harder to write code that doesn't use binds than it is to write code that uses binds". I agree- I feel... dirty... not taking the minute or two to add a parameter. Looking at our error logs, I see bots searching for parameters in web forms and testing vulnerabilities.
I spend a good bit of time in Colorado hiking and biking in places where there is no hope of cell coverage. If I'm going somewhere off the beaten path, I toss my HT into my pack- the extra weight isn't noticeable, and while I have no illusions about being able to hit repeaters from a remote valley somewhere, it sure doesn't hurt to bring it.
I agree with the need for an escape plan. The 2001 recession taught me that the emergency fund isn't an abstract concept, it's as important as paying your electric bill (I have used it to pay the electric bill).
I also agree with asking for better compensation.
Also, consider that, even if no extra compensation for added responsibilities is given, that there may be a huge value in new responsibilities. You might not get money now, but when you are looking for future jobs making more money, more doors may open because of the skills and experience you bring to the table. Somebody making a hiring decision might view a content producer with proven sysadmin skills as more valuable than a content producer who has always worked with a sysadmin.
Looking back, I'm hugely grateful to the younger me for not saying "that's not my job" and quietly building skills and experience.
Congradulations! Your application for the State of Colorado CIO position has been accepted now that you have established that you meet the required minimum skills. If Governor Ritter recognizes your name, you will be contacted for a phone interview.
A few reasons why it may be better to board sooner come to mind:
-If you have a standard 22x14x9 suitcase for carry on, you need to be able to stow it overhead- these bins fill up quickly (and some people have the obnoxious habit of stowing their suitcase near the front of the plane even if they are seated in the rear), and if you board last you may be required to check it. -If you are in first, they will generally serve you some coffee or a drink while the plane fills.
Weird... I also noticed that I get a lot (relatively) of misaddressed email on gmail, and I have had accounts with hotmail and yahoo for a number of years (several per month on gmail, one or two a year on the others). Maybe Google has that many more users? An unproportionate amount of users who can't remember their username?
I think you've hit the nail on the head. There are some searches where 50% of the results I get seem to be pure SEO spam (especially mirroring other message boards, and pages of keywords that redirect somewhere else), and nobody at Google is taking any action against them.
This just seems to be an effort to publicize some kind of anti-SEO effort that doesn't really exist.
Schools need the SSN to report financial aid info to the IRS (I think on form 1098T). If you aren't getting any kind of financial aid, then yes, the school should have no need for the SSN. Also, any kind of employee relationship (staff, work study, etc.) where they pay you and issue a W-2 obviously requires an SSN.
There are some current products from a very well known higher ed software company that still key everything on the SSN for the HR module.
I agree with all of your points, but I kind of wonder why MS didn't start this earlier. It occurs to me that their classical arguments against open source are somewhat invalid now that partial source to NT4/Win2K has been leaked...
I was also kind of surprised this morning from a link in one of their MSDN flash emails about their dotnetnuke portal (http://www.dotnetnuke.com/)- the fact that they are giving the source for it isn't very unusual, but the fact that it has links to the BSD license and opensource.org (http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Default.aspx?tabid=474) is...
I wonder if the marketing droids decided that the official party line against anything open source should be changed?
>My bank issues me a number that identifies my account, my mobile phone company gives me a number to identify my phone, why is it so hard for unis to issue numbers to identify students?
Mostly because there wasn't enough of a vocal demand that the schools spend the time and money to do that.
The student information systems that a lot of schools use are written by a small group of companies, and it takes a lot of time and effort to recode those (old, legacy based) systems to use something else as a key. My school just got an upgrade within the last few weeks that just now allows something other than the social security number for the ID.
Thankfully, most states here in the U.S. are writing laws prohibiting the use of the SSN. I think this should have been done years ago, but it wasn't because there weren't enough people demanding it.
The single best part of a new year is that Speedvision plays _all_ of their WRC (World Rally Championship) coverage on Jan 01. What a wonderful break from all of what is usually covered (especially in the Southern US)- circle track NASCAR.
Regrettably, the Fox network has bought Speedvision and they will start to play much more NASCAR this year...
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The 32" Samsung I got about two years ago has no HDMI-CEC support at all (and it was ~300 at the time). You'd think this is something that would be available on all models, but they probably strip it from the cheaper units to push people to upgrade (which I'm about to do soon...).
There are a couple of remote options-
-there are remote apps for phones and tablets
-the TV's remote may work using HDMI-CEC
-some have hooked up an IR receiver and remote
I have used the official remote app on an Android tablet, and am pretty happy with it. Overall, I'm happy with using a raspberry pi and OSMC, especially with the latest bump in processing power and built-in wifi.
Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.
Agreed. Setting up something like sharepoint is a good exercise, and is something that a lot of places use (and suffer with...).
The express versions are free to download. Also look at dreamspark.com- if you have a .edu email, you can register an account and download full copies of most of the products. You wouldn't be licensed for production use, but the purpose of that program is for people to download and learn for free.
FWIW, I'm running a free-tier-for-now micro instance in us-east (luckily not using RDS, I'll run my own databases thankyouverymuch), and everything has been normal today.
During the episode with the storms over the summer, I saw my steal% in sar spike considerably- I assume some reddit nodes were moved on to our quiet little hypervisor, and the sheer volume of cat pictures was probably affecting everybody.
This is more from an application error log- it has a good bit of javascript on the web front end that make it very hard for humans to generate exceptions, it's usually only when somebody is trying something (e.g. manually changing the querystring passed) or a bot that exceptions are generated.
The case that comes to mind is "cz32ts" (or that's at least how it identified itself in its user-agent header). It sends requests like this, looking for raw exceptions back:
person=xxxx%2cyyyy%2czzzz%2c%20And%20char(124)%2b(Select%20Cast(Count(1)%20as%20varchar(8000))%2Bchar(124)%20From%20[sysobjects]%20Where%201=1)>0
Tom Kyte of Oracle/"Ask Tom" fame blogged about this recently:
[speaking about HBGary] And all because of - SQL Injection... If you don't use bind variables - you are susceptible to it. If you accept input from an end user and concatenate it into your SQL, you are subject to SQL Injection. If you use bind variables - if you do not dynamically construct your SQL at runtime - you are not subject to it. It is that simple.,
http://tkyte.blogspot.com/2011/02/interesting-read.html
He continues, "it is much harder to write code that doesn't use binds than it is to write code that uses binds". I agree- I feel... dirty... not taking the minute or two to add a parameter. Looking at our error logs, I see bots searching for parameters in web forms and testing vulnerabilities.
I spend a good bit of time in Colorado hiking and biking in places where there is no hope of cell coverage. If I'm going somewhere off the beaten path, I toss my HT into my pack- the extra weight isn't noticeable, and while I have no illusions about being able to hit repeaters from a remote valley somewhere, it sure doesn't hurt to bring it.
http://www.arrl.org/news/injured-colorado-skier-uses-amateur-radio-to-summon-help
I agree with the need for an escape plan. The 2001 recession taught me that the emergency fund isn't an abstract concept, it's as important as paying your electric bill (I have used it to pay the electric bill).
I also agree with asking for better compensation.
Also, consider that, even if no extra compensation for added responsibilities is given, that there may be a huge value in new responsibilities. You might not get money now, but when you are looking for future jobs making more money, more doors may open because of the skills and experience you bring to the table. Somebody making a hiring decision might view a content producer with proven sysadmin skills as more valuable than a content producer who has always worked with a sysadmin.
Looking back, I'm hugely grateful to the younger me for not saying "that's not my job" and quietly building skills and experience.
Sorry, I blame the spelling on my Colorado high school education.
Congradulations! Your application for the State of Colorado CIO position has been accepted now that you have established that you meet the required minimum skills. If Governor Ritter recognizes your name, you will be contacted for a phone interview.
A few reasons why it may be better to board sooner come to mind:
-If you have a standard 22x14x9 suitcase for carry on, you need to be able to stow it overhead- these bins fill up quickly (and some people have the obnoxious habit of stowing their suitcase near the front of the plane even if they are seated in the rear), and if you board last you may be required to check it.
-If you are in first, they will generally serve you some coffee or a drink while the plane fills.
Weird... I also noticed that I get a lot (relatively) of misaddressed email on gmail, and I have had accounts with hotmail and yahoo for a number of years (several per month on gmail, one or two a year on the others). Maybe Google has that many more users? An unproportionate amount of users who can't remember their username?
I think you've hit the nail on the head. There are some searches where 50% of the results I get seem to be pure SEO spam (especially mirroring other message boards, and pages of keywords that redirect somewhere else), and nobody at Google is taking any action against them.
This just seems to be an effort to publicize some kind of anti-SEO effort that doesn't really exist.
Schools need the SSN to report financial aid info to the IRS (I think on form 1098T). If you aren't getting any kind of financial aid, then yes, the school should have no need for the SSN. Also, any kind of employee relationship (staff, work study, etc.) where they pay you and issue a W-2 obviously requires an SSN.
There are some current products from a very well known higher ed software company that still key everything on the SSN for the HR module.
I think it should be called Evil Dead#.
I agree with all of your points, but I kind of wonder why MS didn't start this earlier. It occurs to me that their classical arguments against open source are somewhat invalid now that partial source to NT4/Win2K has been leaked...
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I was also kind of surprised this morning from a link in one of their MSDN flash emails about their dotnetnuke portal (http://www.dotnetnuke.com/)- the fact that they are giving the source for it isn't very unusual, but the fact that it has links to the BSD license and opensource.org (http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Default.aspx?tabid=474
I wonder if the marketing droids decided that the official party line against anything open source should be changed?
>My bank issues me a number that identifies my account, my mobile phone company gives me a number to identify my phone, why is it so hard for unis to issue numbers to identify students?
Mostly because there wasn't enough of a vocal demand that the schools spend the time and money to do that.
The student information systems that a lot of schools use are written by a small group of companies, and it takes a lot of time and effort to recode those (old, legacy based) systems to use something else as a key. My school just got an upgrade within the last few weeks that just now allows something other than the social security number for the ID.
Thankfully, most states here in the U.S. are writing laws prohibiting the use of the SSN. I think this should have been done years ago, but it wasn't because there weren't enough people demanding it.
Here was the main culprit, responsible for $59 billion of the $60 billion.
The single best part of a new year is that Speedvision plays _all_ of their WRC (World Rally Championship) coverage on Jan 01. What a wonderful break from all of what is usually covered (especially in the Southern US)- circle track NASCAR. Regrettably, the Fox network has bought Speedvision and they will start to play much more NASCAR this year...
All you need to do is get a hotmail account- I get offers for a free college degree several times a day.
I think I could get a combo meal at Burger King if I could cash out now (I think I actually have to wait two more years).
I think most peoplee have gotten a little smarter in this post-dotcom world...
I don't know what you are talking about. I learned as part of my MCSE training that the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 :)
About $50,000/year.